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A Special Season: National Championship Wrap UpDespite the Ducks' loss, the University of Oregon and the state are big winners. The UO staged an impressive comeback, and yellow-clad Ducks fans erupted in cheers as Jeff Maehl caught Darron Thomas' two-point conversion pass in the end zone to tie the game, 19-19, with 2:33 to go. (Photo: Geoff Thurner) » Read more from the Oregonian… » Watch the UOAA Pep Rally Video… » Read Register Guard columnist Bob Welch’s “A Journey of Memories”… » Find out more about the “Celebrating Champions” parade in downtown Eugene on January 22nd…
Campus News  ‘Captain Safety’ — Sings His Way to BCS Title Game Thanks to Ellen DeGeneres
University of Oregon freshman Connor Eggerman rooted for his No. 2 Ducks (12-0) against No. 1 Auburn University (13-0), but he filmed his experience for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (Photo: Oregon Daily Emerald) » Read January 10th article from Bothell Reporter… » More from KEZI…
 Architecture Students Designing Salem Police Station Project
Twenty-four University of Oregon architecture students took on a daunting task: design Salem's 1970s-era civic center campus as an icon for the city. Two architecture studio classes were charged with designing a new building for Salem's police department and redesigning the civic center to be more navigable and accessible. » Read more from the UO…
Marshall Scholarship Granted to Honors College Senior Throughout the distinguished Marshall Scholarship's 57-year history, only three past University students have ever seized the prestigious award. University senior Josh Lupton is now number four. The scholarship allows Lupton, a biology and human physiology double-major, to attend the University of Cambridge for two years starting next fall, where he plans to focus his education on biology and public health.
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The Allen Hall Transformation Story Nearly 100 years ago, Eric Allen established the UO School of Journalism — the first professional school of journalism west of the Mississippi. In the classrooms of Allen Hall, the faculty and students built a standard of excellence in writing, ethics, and research that endures today. To continue this distinction in journalism, communication, public relations, and advertising, the SOJC needs the facilities to support this legacy.
» Click here to learn more and watch the video… The SOJC claimed top honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and Columbia Scholastic Press Association for 2009-2010. » Find out more…
Oregon Daily Emerald Football Book to Head Overseas Student journalists at the University of Oregon's campus paper, the Oregon Daily Emerald, are extending the ripple effect of the university football team's run to the national title game. With the book scheduled to appear just two weeks after the game in Glendale, Ariz., the Emerald is teaming with Operation Homefront, a support organization for soldiers and their families, to provide free copies to Oregon military personnel serving in the Middle East and elsewhere around the globe.
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Featured Alumni  Elyse Fenton MFA ’07 Wins Dylan Thomas Prize
Elyse Fenton, a poet who graduated from Reed College and received an MFA from the University of Oregon, won the Dylan Thomas Prize, a $30,000 prize given to a writer under 30. The prize was given to Fenton in Wales earlier this month. » Learn more from the Oregonian…
 Amanda Marshall ’92 Nominated for Oregon’s Top Federal Prosecutor
President Barack Obama nominated Amanda Marshall ’92 for Oregon's Department of Justice as the state's top federal prosecutor and the sheriff of Lane County as its new U.S. marshal. If confirmed, Amanda Marshall will replace Dwight C. Holton, who was named as Oregon's interim U.S. attorney in February. » Find out more from the Oregonian…
 Robert Summers ’55 Retires from Cornell Law School
After what he calls "a thousand years" of learning, teaching and writing about law, Robert S. Summers, the William G. McRoberts Professor of Research in the Administration of Law, taught his last class on Dec. 1st. » Read more from the Chronicle Online…
 Robert Thompson ’77 Creates a New Front Door for the University
For Robert Thompson ’77, designing the new Matthew Knight Arena was “the commission of a lifetime.” After graduating from the University of Oregon, Thompson founded Portland-based TVA Architects in 1984, and has since earned more than 50 national and international design awards. Soon after opening, his fledgling firm won the design contract for Nike’s world headquarters in Beaverton. » Read more…
Ducks Giving Santa’s Big Helpers Make Christmas Special for YoungstersI t was hard to tell who was having more fun at the Target store in west Eugene — the 21 youngsters who had been given the opportunity to shop for holiday gifts for their families, or the 21 Duck football players in Santa hats pushing the carts that held those presents. (Photo: UO Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity) » Learn more…
Ducks, Tigers Team up Against Hunger Prior to competing in the BCS Championship game, Auburn University and the University of Oregon teamed up for a food bank service project at St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix. Over 200 fans, family members, university officials, and school bands sorted donated food and packed emergency food boxes on an assembly line for those in need in the Arizona community.
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The Dawn of KnightThe Matthew Knight Arena represents the hopes, dreams, hard work and investments, both financial and emotional, of scores of people, from major donors such as Phil and Penny Knight and Pat Kilkenny, to the leadership of the University of Oregon and its Department of Athletics, to architects, builders and the 1,890 workers who toiled on the project in some way. » Read more from the Register Guard’s Ron Bellamy…
RG Columnist Says Goodbye to Mac CourtIt was fitting that my walk to attend the final men’s basketball game at the University of Oregon’s McArthur Court was through the Pioneer Cemetery. The experience evoked at least a touch of death. Many of the game’s 7,165 fans, after all, were saying goodbye to a place that’s provided us decades of fond memories. » Read the rest of Bob Welch’s column…
 Women Ruggers Revel in Playing the ‘Hardest Sport’
When Laurel Hess was in high school, she wanted to play rugby, but her mother gave her a choice: Play sports or dance ballet. She chose ballet. But once she got to the University of Oregon, Hess turned out for the Women’s Rugby Club. » Learn more…
 Kelly Named AFCA Coach of the Year
Defeat didn't last long for the University of Oregon Ducks and their head coach Chip Kelly as the second-year mentor was named the American Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year a day after UO fell to Auburn on a last-second field goal in the BCS Championship Game. » Read more…
Oregon News Solar’s Hot Spot The Lorry Lokey Laboratories, which house a photovoltaic solar lab, are hidden away on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. They're literally underground, beneath an open space among the science buildings along East 13th Avenue. But that hasn't stopped Oregon high-tech companies from knocking on the lab's door.
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 UOAA, Cheerleaders and the Duck Appear on Today Show
The University of Oregon Alumni Association (UOAA) appeared on the Today Show on December 15th during the 'Helping Those Who Serve America' segment to present a gift to Michael and Lacey Bryant for their efforts in housing and assisting homeless veterans. The UOAA, along with the Duck and the U of O Cheerleaders, gave the couple an all expense paid trip to Glendale for the upcoming BCS championship game on January 10th. » To view the story…
Faculty News  Biologist Jessica Green is a 2011 TED Senior Fellow
University of Oregon biologist Jessica Green is among 12 Senior Fellows for 2011 named by TED, a non-profit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Also selected were 19 members of the 2011 Fellows class. » Read more…
Professor Emeritus Michael Posner’s Research Unveils Cognitive Connection with Meditation Can a regular training and proper exercises help in the assessment and treatment of cognitive disorders in the long run? Psychologists and experts in cognitive science across the globe are looking at various methods to understand medical cognition and role of cognitive process in various types of mental health problems.
» Learn more from the Times of India…
Photo Gallery 
Left: Dr. Malcolm MacGregor ’53 at the Natty. Malcom attended the ‘58 Rose Bowl,
the 2010 Rose Bowl and now the National Championship. Right: A Duck Fan in Somalia.
Bill Naito, Nike and Ramsay Signs changed the Montgomery Park sign in Portland
to temporarily read “GO DUCKS” to celebrate the University of Oregon football team
competing in the National Championship.
Over 1,000 Duck fans converge on the EMU Amphitheatre
for a chance to appear on the Ellen show.
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